Happy Memorial Day...

Good morning and welcome to the Memorial Day holiday

(here in the United States).

Today, we take time to celebrate the lives of those that 

died while in active duty in our country's military.

While some family's are personally affected,

and others are just grateful citizens that pay their respects 

to those that have suffered this great loss,

we all are moved by the strength shown by those that have lost those closest to them.

I especially want to honor my brother-in-law,

who was killed in action in March 2010.

And, my sister, who has had to live with the loss of her husband, 

and raise their son as a single mother.

Although the pain is real, she honors him in memory and in life.

Thank you, Carlos, for your service to our country,

and paying the ultimate for our freedom.

Thank you to my sister,

for enduring the pain,

and becoming an even stronger woman through it.

Love you!

(my sister and myself in 2013)

And THANK YOU to all the other soldiers and their families

that have had to pay this price for our freedom as well.

Thank you for stopping by today for this special Memorial Day Tribute!

"Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them;

and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body."

Hebrews 13:3

Amanda